List of Public
speaking engagements by Leigh Bishop
Shipwreck
& Exploration presentations & Lectures
By Leigh Bishop
International shipwreck
presentations at public events by Leigh Bishop have
always been well attended, and over a decade later Leigh Bishop continues to speak publicly on the subject of technical diving shipwreck discovery
and expeditions. Below is a list of dates and places
where you can catch up with some of these presentations,
at the top of the list is where you will find the
most up to date public events followed by previous presentations. More about the speaker Click here |
Leigh Bishop speaking at the NEC Birmingham |
Past presentations by
Leigh Bishop
Leigh Bishop
was again a guest speaker at the 5TH shipwreck festival in Lodz,
Poland on 16th Feb 2013. Two presentations where delivered
during the Lodz city festival on the subject of wreck exploration,
these included exploring Lost Sailing ships and through eyes and
Lens 'An overview of 2 decades of wreck diving'. More information
about the festival can be found at http://www.festiwalwrakowy.com
Leigh Bishop gave a lecture on the subject of deep
shipwreck exploration at the IAHD Adriatic 5th International underwater
film festival “Sprehodi pod morjem” and satellite meeting
the 9th Symposium Diving AST in Slovenske Konjice and Zrece, SLOVENIA
on the 1st Feb 2013. http://www.iahd-adriatic.org/en
An evening two hour presentation was delivered to
a local photographic club in Irchester, Northants, England. (Rushden
& District Photographic Society) UK. The topic
was ‘Shipwreck Exploration & Photography’. This
was the George Vancliffe Evening, 13th November, 2012 http://www.rdps.co.uk
Eurotek 2012 www.eurotek.uk.com
13th & 14th Oct
Leigh Bishop gave a detailed seminar on the subject of
lost sailing ships to a packed main auditorium in the International
Convention Centre Birmingham England. The evening awards and Gala
dinner was hosted by Leigh Bishop to an black tie audience of approx
500 guests. For more information about the Advanced Diving Conference
see www.eurotek.uk.com
DIVER.TV's report on EUROTEK.2012 produced by the talented
Geoff Davies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S3dW3UK33k
Leigh Bishop gave a lecture
on the subject of shipwreck exploration to his local community at
the Little Addington Church in the UKon Sunday
4th March 2012.
Leigh Bishop
was a guest speaker at the shipwreck festival in Lodz, Poland
on 25th Feb 2012. Two presentations where delivered during the Lodz
city festival on the subject of wreck exploration, these included
exploring shipwrecks in the North Atlantic and Virgin shipwreck
exploration. This was an excellent event organised by Piotr Wytykowski
& Roman Zajder and the Polish hospitality was second to none
as per the previous festival in 2011. More information about the
festival can be found at http://www.festiwalwrakowy.com
See short film of Leigh Bishop & Richie Kohler in Poland touring
Poland after this festival:-
After visiting the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz I discovered
there was so much more to Poland than the sombre reminder of Nazi
atrocity. A small film narrated by wreck diver Richie Kohler &
myself of our visit to Poland can be viewed o...n Youtube by following
the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUictsys5EU
The film captures not only poignant images of our visit to Auschwitz
and Auschwitz-Birkenau but also shows the fabulous architecture
of Kraków city, Wawel Castle, the museum of aviation located
at the site of the no-longer functional Kraków-Rakowice-Czyzyny
Airport and the incredibly impressive Wieliczka Salt Mine. Great
thanks go to our good friends and hosts Piotrek Wytykowski &
Roman Zajder, organisers of the Polish shipwreck festival of which
Richie and I were guest speakers http://www.festiwalwrakowy.com/
also thanks to Karolina Kokol Wytykowska & Piotr Nykiel.
Leigh Bishop
gave rebreather safety / fatal anaylisis / wreck diving presentations/seminars
& workshops at the Australian Technology Park Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sydney Australia OZTeK' conference 2011 12 - 13March
2011. http://www.diveoztek.com.au/
Leigh Bishop was a guest speaker at the shipwreck festival
in Lodz, Poland in Feb 2011. Two presentations
where delivered during the Lodz city festival on the subject of
wreck exploration. This was an excellent event organised by Piotr
Wytykowski & Roman Zajder and the Polish hospitality was second
to none. More information about the festival can be found at http://www.festiwalwrakowy.co
Leigh Bishop delivered three seminars including
a presentation at the Chicago dive show on February
18-20, 2011 at the
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois
USA. Leigh was a key speaker and deceived presentations
during each day of the conference on cave diving and wreck diving
as well as showing footage of the Lusitania to an audience of over
600 at the film festival evening. More information about this event
can be found at http://www.ourworldunderwater.com/
On the 5th & 6th of Feb 2011 Leigh Bishop
gave presentations at the DUIKVAKER dive show in Houten, Holland
to audiences of Dutch and Belgium divers. This was in
association with Duiken magazine. www.duiken.nl
Eurotek 2010 www.eurotek.uk.com
16th & 17th Oct
Leigh Bishop gave a detailed seminar on the subject of
the tragic death of Carl Spencer to a packed main auditorium in
the International Convention Centre Birmingham England. He also
delivered a technical workshop on the subject of Diver Propulsion
vehicles with Craig Challen and Rick Stanton. The evening awards
and Gala dinner was hosted by Leigh Bishop to an black tie audience
of approx 500 guests.
For more information about the Advanced Diving Conference see www.eurotek.uk.com
March 27th 2010 London Docklands
Leigh Bishop with Teresa Telus gave a shipwreck presentation
about diving in the Pacific at the London International
Dive show (LIDS) This event was held at the ExCel centre
- Docklands more info click
here
On
February 19-21, 2010 Leigh Bishop gave keynote presentations in
Chicago, Illinois, USA at the Donald E. Stephens
Convention Center, Rosemont. This conference was the Our World-Underwater
and celebrated 40 Years of shows. Presentations on the subject of
deep shipwreck exploration were given over the weekend as well as
a display of monochrome photography during the special film festival.
More information http://www.ourworldunderwater.com/
On Sept 5th 2009 Leigh Bishop gave a lecture
on the subject of deep shipwreck exploration at Pinewood
boarding school in Oxfordshire England to an audience
of pupils. This was part of the ongoing series of lectures which
focus on adventure throughout the schools year. www.pinewoodschool.co.uk
Leigh
Bishop gave several presentations/seminars & workshops at the
Australian Technology Park Sydney, NSW, Australia. Sydney
Australia OZTeK' conference 2009 21 - 22 March 2009. http://www.diveoztek.com.au/
On January 21st 2009 Leigh Bishop gave an evening presentation on
the subject of deep shipwreck exploration entitled 'Lost Liners'
in the Chemistry Department lecture theatre at Bristol
University to an audience of 340 people. This was part
of the ongoing series of wilderness lectures which focus on adventure.
More information >> www.wildernesslectures.com
Leigh Bishop gave a presentation on British
Wreck Diving at the EuroTek 2008 Technical diving
conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham
UK on the 15th & 16th of November 08. EuroTek was organised
by Leigh Bishop along with co organiser's Carl Spencer & Roz
Lunn and they also hosted the Gala awards evening as key after dinner
speakers. This event is a dedicated advanced diving conference
and is set to showcase the very latest in advanced and technical
diving technologies expeditions and presentations.
see the official
website www.eurotek.uk.com
Leigh Bishop gave a full evenings
presentations of shipwreck exploration 'Entitled an Evening with
Leigh Bishop' at the Stevenage Arts Centre on 11th Nov 2008 organised
by Stevenage underwater
photographic Society
Leigh Bishop was the guest speaker at the DC Dive show Washington DC USA, 26th Sept 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Virginia, USA. Four presentations were given over the weekend on the subject of shipwreck exploration as well as a joint presentation with Richie Kohler at the evening Gala dinner film festival.
Leigh Bishop was the guest speaker at the Vildmarks Massan adventure show at the Stockholm Congress Centre, Sweden on March 15&16th 2008. Two presentations were given over the weekend on the subject of shipwreck exploration within the diving village.
Leigh Bishop gave several presentations at the Texas Dive Show Houston USA on January 26th & 27th 2008 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel/Convention Center.
Leigh Bishop gave several presentations at the
dive show Florida USA on
Sat & Sun 1st & 2nd Dec 2007. These included solo presentations
as well as joint presentations with US wreck diver and Television
host Richie Kohler on the subject of Deep Shipwrecks and the History
Channel expedition to the Britannic. Leigh Bishop also added a 45
min seminar with Tom Mount and Richie Kohler as part of a closed
circuit rebreather seminar / forum on the subject of the advantages
of closed circuit units for expedition diving. Leigh Bishop also
received at the Florida show a 'Leaders & Legends' award from
Dive Chronicles magazine. Read
more click here
Leigh Bishop & Rick Stanton gave a presentation about the the NZTEK07 expedition in New Zealand at the Birmingham International NEC Dive show England on Sat & Sun 13/14th Oct 2007
Leigh Bishop gave a shipwreck presentation at Pirates Cove, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, Caribbean on 25th April 2007 during wreck week organised by Wreck Diving magazine. More info click here >>
Leigh Bishop & US wreck
diver Richie Kohler gave a one off special presentation
about the 2006 history channel Britannic expedition
at the Falmouth Maritime Museum,
Cornwall, England on Wed June 6th 2007. more
information click here
Two hour long presentations were
given by Leigh Bishop at the Extreem Duiken conference , Antwerp Belgium April
7th & 8th 2007
Leigh Bishop gave a photographic shipwreck presentation
in Tutakaka, New Zealand (North
Island) March 2007
Leigh Bishop gave several presentations at the
Australian Technology Park Sydney, NSW, Australia. Sydney
Australia OZTeK'07 17
- 18 March 2007. http://www.diveoztek.com.au/
Leigh Bishop gave presentations
to audience's at the London International
dive show (LIDS) at the
Docklands Excel centre on Sat and Sun 11th &
12th of March 2007.
At the Holyhead Archaeological and
Maritime History conference,(Wales) on March 3rd 2007 Leigh
Bishop gave a shipwreck history presentation of
wrecks around the British Isles.
A shipwreck exploration presentation
was given by Leigh Bishop to an audience at Galway
University Ireland on Fri 23rd Feb 2007
Leigh Bishop gave a presentation
with Teresa Telus at the University
of Surrey, England for
the BSAC (British
Sub Aqua club) southern regions conference on Feb
18th 2007. An audience of over 400 listened to an
hour long presentation on the subject of British
wreck diving.
Copenhagen Congress centre Leigh
Bishop gave a photographic seminar and shipwreck
presentations to a audience of Danish and Scandinavian
divers on the 27th & 28th of Jan 2007.
Barton upon Humber ( North England) Leigh Bishop gave a full length
presentation about British wreck diving to a full
venue capacity audience, Fri 5th Jan. 2007. This
was organised by instructor Dennis Vessy.
Black & White underwater photography
presentation
On the 27th Nov 2006 Leigh
Bishop delivered a detailed two hour presentation
on the subject of Monochrome (Black & White)
Shipwreck photography to the Cotswold Monochrome
society (near Gloucester, England).
Birmingham NEC DIVE SHOW 2006 (National
Exhibition Centre England)
Leigh Bishop & diving colleague Teresa
Telus gave a shipwreck presentation on the subject
of UK Wreck diving to full capacity audiences over
the weekend of 14th & 15th Oct 2006.
London Kings College England 27th June 2006. Leigh Bishop gave a detailed presentation to an
audience organised by London underwater camera specialists
Ocean Optics.
National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth
England
A visual Presentation was
given by Leigh Bishop on the subject of the famous
Flying Enterprise shipwreck discovery, the story
and the real truths behind what happened back in
1952.The presentation exposed recent discovery's
during dives by Leigh Bishop & the Deep Sea
Detectives. Sold out wed June 7th 2006
Farnham, Surrey, England,26th
May 2006 Leigh Bishop
gave a deep ocean shipwreck exploration & technical
diving presentation to an audience at The Farnham
Maltings,(arts venue).This was part of a series
of lectures on the theme of Exploration, covering
diverse topics such as space exploration, the great
Antarctic Explorers and first ascents in the Himalayas.
Sold out to the largest audience in the series.
May 5th St Albans Sub Aqua England. An evening Shipwreck presentation
was given by Leigh Bishop to a full club audience
More information click
here >>
Letchworth Garden City May
18th 2006 Leigh Bishop gave a Shipwreck presentation
to a group of word war 2 veterans in Leigh Bishops
home English town of Letchworth Garden City.
Lincoln Diving Association. 24th
April 2006 an evening Shipwreck presentation was
given by Leigh Bishop accompanied by Carl Spencer
at Lincoln England.
April 2006 London Docklands
Leigh Bishop with Teresa
Telus gave a shipwreck presentation at the London
International Dive show (LIDS)
The event was held at the ExCel centre - Docklands
more info click
here
Belfast, Northern
Ireland, Irish National
Dive Show. 25th&26th Feb 2006. Lost Liners presentation
by Leigh Bishop for more information see www.diveirelandshow.co
The Royal Geographical Society / London on the 2nd February 2006. Leigh
Bishop gave a deep shipwreck exploration presentation
to a full house. Other speakers included TV personalities
Lloyd Grossman & Monty Halls. Feedback from
this event can be found on this link click
here Link to the Royal
Geographic Society
Barton upon Humber ( North England) Leigh Bishop gave a full length
presentation about Lost sunken ocean liners, Fri
3rd Feb. 2006 This was organised by instructor Dennis
Vessy.
An all new extended shipwreck exploration
presentation for 2006 was given at the University of Dublin / Trinity College , Ireland http://www.tcd.ie/ 26th January 2006 by Leigh Bishop. club
link here
Leigh Bishop presented a shipwreck
lecture at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall Falmouth England on the 16th Nov
2005 more
details
Plymouth England June
4th 2005
Leigh Bishop & Teresa Telus gave an Ocean liner
shipwreck exploration presentation at the Inspiration
rebreather users weekend -
Sydney, Australia 12-13 March 2005.
Leigh Bishop presented two shipwreck photographic
lectures at the Oztek- Australasian Diving Technologies
Conference Australian Technology Park, Sydney, Australia link here
Holyhead, Wales. Maritime History and Archaeology seminar Sat 25th
Feb 2005.
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish dive exhibition guest speaker Leigh Bishop
Jan 29th/30th 2005
Galway Ireland Galway University - 13th November
2004 link
here
National Exhibition Centre
(NEC Birmingham England)
British dive show
presentations written & delivered by Leigh Bishop
2001 Lusitania Shipwreck expeditions
2002 Ten years of the Starfish Enterprise Deep Shipwrecks
2003 Titanic Shipwreck Expedition
2004 Britannic Ship wreck Expedition
2005 'Lost Liners' ~ a special extended one off 1.5
hour presentation.
2006 'British Wreck Diving'
2007 'Niagara New Zealand Expedition'
Dundalk Ireland - Irish
National dive conference 2004
Leigh Bishop presents Lost deep shipwrecks. link
here
London International dive show - Docklands
Britannic Expedition presentation November2003 link
here
Plymouth
England Leigh Bishop is joined by Teresa Telus for a shipwreck exploration
presentation
at the Inspiration rebreather users weekend - June
2004 More information on the inspiration users forum
TBA as well as the inspiration webpages. link
here.
International Shipwreck Conference - special 21st Anniversary Feb 2002
Plymouth England Leigh Bishop presents deep shipwreck
presentation. Link
here
Visions in the Sea - Kings College London October
25 and 26, 2003 link
here
Bsoup photography - Imperial College London March 2003 link
here
Bsoup photography -Imperial College London November 2001 link
here
On the 18th & 19th May 2002 Leigh
Bishop presented two lectures at the 'DART' Technical
Diving Conference at Fort William underwater centre Scotland.
Other talks and presentations by Leigh Bishop
War wick university Britannic
shipwreck expedition 1998
Northampton branch 13 BSAC club- Britannic expedition
1998
East Northants club- Britannic expedition 1998
Ivel divers Bedfordshire - Britannic expedition 1998
Birmingham BSAC Various branch's - Britannic expedition
1998
About Leigh Bishop Speaker & lecturer
| Being involved
in ground breaking deep shipwreck explorations Leigh Bishop
has been able to relay the story's behind these discoveries
as a public speaker, lecturer and conference adviser to hundreds
of people. His presentations were a direct result of successful
image creation and as he admits something that makes his job
as a public speaker somewhat easier even to audiences of up
to 5-600 people. Originally asked to present on the Britannic
98 expedition to a local club he has now conducted dozens
of presentations and lecturers around the British Isles. Together
with diving colleague Geraint Ffoulkes Jones, Leigh Bishop
donated all of the proceeds of the Britannic 98 talks to charity.
His credits as a public speaker to date include the Australasian
Diving Technologies Conference Sydney, Australia as well as
the Royal Geographical Society London, Birmingham & London
DIVE shows on many occasions, conferences in Ireland, Scotland
and Wales, War wick University, Imperial Colleague London,
Birmingham University as well as many UK dive clubs. In February
of 2003 he was invited to address an audience at the 21st
International shipwreck conference, for more information on
this click
Here. During late 2003 he made his first appearance at
the European Photographic seminar Visions in the sea . Today
Leigh Bishop is a renown speaker at major dive conferences
around the entire world.
Bio research & words reproduced
for deep image courtesy of John Spencer
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